Shane, gwmicro is in business to make money.
YOu don't really expect them to shoot themselves in the foot right?
I won't tell someone to go down the road and record music because
they get better service down town 'grin', the name of the game is to
do it better, do it cheaper, and be first.
So if uncle bill comes out with a hot-dog screen-reader,
companies llike gw and others will have to shag ass and step up the
pace and offer something else to help enhance, or specialize, just
like they said, in the rest of the stuff they said, I really .liked
the statements they made for the most part, and applaud them as being
the only company to show up, at a boy guys,
I'm proud of ya, but that particular statement made me laugh out loud,
but it's hard to be diplomatic about something like that.
Of course we don't want any heavy duty competition,
because we won't get paid as much anymore.
and we'll have to work harder.
That's what it should have said.
But you know how this stuff is,
you have to sling stunning bullshit around, and impress people.
But yeh, having another screen-reader choice being a dis-service to
blind people is like taking fish off the buffett on friday when you
know a bunch of catholics are comming in on the bus for lunch 'grin'.
I'm still grinning over that one.
What big round furry balls to say something like that.
heheheheheahhahahahahhe
If I ever see Doug, or who ever said that anywhere, I'll slap him on
the back and buy him a beer, nice try, but we're not that stupid.
Some of us aren't anyway.
At 05:01 PM 9/1/2010, shane findley wrote:
"GW Micro believes that having a free screen reader as part of the
operating system does a disservice to Blind computer users."
I thought this to be a hypocritical viewpoint. Somewhat charlatanistic.
It is highly prejudicial to exclude low income users, or encourage
an over priced payment plan like some sort of layaway. The price is
highly debatable. It's seems to have to many zeroes.
I think it's a typo, but no one seems to see it. (pun intended)
The program itself is not even practical, nor signifigantly better
than the windows narrotor for common use.
Perhaps I should write the Obama administration to see what he
thinks about GW micros position on affordable pricing of screen
readers for the blind/disabled.
If the president tested Window Eyes head to head with "real"
software for the blind, he would have to "keep it real" and tell you
exactly as I have. If not then we have a conspiracy on our hands,
where the blind are being held back on purpose for extra
profits. Or possibly for backdoor code abilities that rely on
accessibility to mask their true intent.
I will not allow exploitation of the blind, in any case.
Window Eyes could be much better within a couple months of work.
I mean several times better than it is right now. I know this for a
fact because I am a developer that has done it. I'd crumple WE, and
throw it in the trash if I were blind.
GW probably knows it too, but keeps it secret from the users,
because they just don't want to spend the time required to fully
wrap their heads arround it. Or they can't, yet still want to enjoy
the positive cash flow. The price shows the greed, not crafsmanship.
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